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If you haven't been to the Grillo's Pickles website, you should. There, you'll find the fantastic story of how this company began. We've copied part of it here to save you a click.

Grillo's Pickles began with a pickle cart, just a small wooden stand in downtown Boston, where Travis Grillo and his friends would sell two spears for one dollar. Travis would make the pickles by night using his family's 100-year old recipe - one he'd memorized from making pickles every summer as a kid. In the morning, Travis would bike to the Boston Common and set up the cart with his buddies. They'd hang out all day, urging people to try the simple Grillo family pickle. It was a small business but Travis worked hard for it. He made more pickles, biked more miles, and slept less hours than he ever had before.Read More..

Factory Five Racing was founded in 1995. Over the years they have grown from a start-up business in a small garage to become the world's largest manufacturer of "build-it-yourself" component car kits. They employ a full-time crew of about 40 people, and are located in Wareham, Massachusetts (about an hour south of Boston). They make their products right here in the USA, in the heart of New England where American manufacturing was born.Read More..

Fred and Danny Magnanimi grew up watching their father create beautiful, handcrafted jewelry in the family's Cranston, RI jewelry manufacturing business. When the boys grew up, Fred moved to New York and began working on Wall Street as an investment banker, while younger brother Danny, still enamored by the family business, stayed home. Increased competition from overseas businesses created significant challenges for the business, but Danny was confident he could find a way for the family business to evolve and thrive. This was his mission, this was his passion.Read More..

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Strategic engagement with our clients enables the Real Estate Practice Group to advise them most effectively on real estate conveyancing and title issues, on traditional land use issues such as zoning, subdivision, planned use districts, sales, acquisitions, and leasings, and on real estate development projects. Collaborating with industry specialists at the beginning of a project allows us to counsel developers, businesses, or governmental entities on how to avoid problems while maintaining the ability to deal aggressively with possible violations and the related regulatory enforcement actions that arise in the course of any development project or day-to-day business operation.

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We represent clients in all aspects of real estate development projects, including large-scale retail, commercial, residential, condominium and industrial development. This encompasses site acquisition and due diligence issues, governmental permitting, structuring and negotiation of financing, environmental compliance issues, and construction contracting issues.

The group has represented municipal and state entities on such matters as the establishment of special port districts and special development districts, and also represented clients in property rights issues, including governmental regulatory taking and condemnation issues.

Environmental expertise

With regard to environmental permitting, we advise applicants on wetlands and sewage disposal regulations, coastal permitting regulations and waterfront property rights issues. Environmental litigation handled by the group has included toxic tort claims, Superfund claims, and litigation brought to recover hazardous materials remediation costs. The group works closely with financial institutions to advise them on environmental law issues in various situations including the impact of new environmental regulations and hazardous materials liability, and the analysis of environmental assessments to quantify lending risks.

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Ranked as a leading firm in the practice of Real Estate in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Ranked one of Banker & Tradesman Best since 2011 in the Commercial Real Estate category

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